I took my time with 4 posts and didn't check my upvotes until after the last one went live. I saw that they were all between 40 and 50 upvotes and I was like "HELL YEAH! Wait... I should have a few cents at least with 50 votes, right?"
And then I realized that I had been bot bombed.
The bots will kill the hopes and dreams of new users. I definitely felt abused after I saw this and realized what was going on, but I've dealt with bots in the past and know it's sometimes tough to fight. Hopefully steemit is on top of their game and kill all the bots.
But anyways...
You can check out my upvotes here: https://steemit.com/steemit/@cryptommy/steemit-com-and-an-affiliate-program-could-it-work-pros-and-cons-of-the-system
I thought out the whole process and then I get hit with a damn wave of automated upvotes that are of no help. They look nice, sure. But so do strippers and you can't usually touch them :(